WEBVTT 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:03.040 Are we all ready? 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:07.040 You said really that's what you got there. 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:09.039 Call me norther. 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:13.039 Well, Newton, could you leave us in prayer? 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:15.039 Let us pray. 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.039 Dear gracious, eternal Father, we thank you for another day. 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:27.039 We ask that you continue to touch all those, Lord, who may be bereaved on this time and this week and this month, Lord. 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:38.039 We ask God that you would continue to put your love and honor and protection around all of our first responders and everything that they do to all of the committee and to all of the people of the county, Lord. 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:47.039 We just thank you, Lord, for giving us this opportunity to continue on and I will work on today in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:47.039 --> 00:01:03.039 Approval of tonight's agenda, moved by Mr. Busker, seconded by Mrs. Hayes. Any questions? All are clear. 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:24.040 Review approval of meeting minutes for May 12th, 2026, moved by Mr. Busker, second by Ms. Lawfer, David Quirks, 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:28.040 Hall of Famer, Ann, Paul, Paul, and Adam. 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:32.040 Renewable claims. 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:42.040 Public safety is $169,399.57, 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:49.040 but probably $79,896.40. 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:55.319 So now we're going to stand to begin class. 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:57.480 Motion to approve. 00:01:57.480 --> 00:01:58.319 Second. 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.519 Moved by Mr. Newton, seconded by Mr. Busker. 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:03.560 Any questions? 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:04.799 All in favor? 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:05.640 Aye. 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:06.480 All opposed? 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:08.439 Aye. 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:09.280 As she said. 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:13.639 Public comment, any public comment? 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.960 Seeing none, we move on. 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.000 Report to committee, Senator Parks. 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:24.000 Good evening. We have two that are in the field training program where they've been there a lot of month and they're doing well. 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.280 You've got the prime suppression unit stats today. 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.680 My chief deputy was a little late on that. He has been off, I've got her off today. 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:39.280 I don't have anything to report from old business, but the new business for the sheriff's office, we've got our first overweight vehicle, I believe a week ago. 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:47.159 We'll keep everyone posted to see how that goes. I'm not sure how it proceeds through the court system with us doing it, but we will find out. 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:54.159 28,000 pound overweight with a gravel load on a truck. 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:59.800 So it was coming out of the quarry, some other things that happened was it was pulled over 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:00.800 for no license. 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:06.000 And then they did the rest of the inspection and weighed the vehicle, ended up being 28,000 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:09.159 over the weight, the proper weight for the axles. 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:10.159 Okay. 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:12.759 I don't know anything else about that. 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.599 We had a water main break at the jail. 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.199 who was out in the front parking lot, the South parking lot. 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.520 The water was bubbling up between the seam of the curb 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:23.639 and the parking service. 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:25.240 We had no idea what was coming from. 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:26.919 I called the water department. 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:28.939 They verified that it's here to be the main. 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:30.919 I called the chairman immediately 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:33.360 as plans were being put in motion for contingencies 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.439 just so everyone here is kind of up to date 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:38.439 on how things could happen at the jail. 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:40.080 The first thing that we found out 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:41.400 was the water could have been shut off 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:43.659 anywhere from four to five hours. 00:03:43.659 --> 00:03:46.699 we would then have a toilet issue with the flushing 00:03:46.699 --> 00:03:50.060 and then we would put on a foil order for 72 hours 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:53.060 to have the jail if that were to the case. 00:03:54.099 --> 00:03:56.699 A worst case scenario, we would have had to transfer inbates 00:03:56.699 --> 00:04:00.580 to neighboring jails reporting until the water main 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:03.699 was fixed and the jail was up and running with water. 00:04:03.699 --> 00:04:06.400 Obviously we have to have water in order to maintain 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:11.319 our Illinois Department of Corrections standards. 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:13.639 The great news is, is the water department was able 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:14.840 to reroute the water. 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:16.339 We did not have to have a boil order. 00:04:16.339 --> 00:04:17.879 We got water the entire time. 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:19.839 We were not down. 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:22.519 They were able to fix that within a few hours 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:25.600 and we're up and running. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:27.480 The only bad thing is, is they had to cut 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:31.800 into our one-year-old surfaced parking lot. 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:34.720 It is the city's responsibility though, to fix that. 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:37.160 They'll be in that condition for about two months 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.120 and then they will resurface it for us. 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:44.120 and the last thing I have, we've added some new picture 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:47.680 to the County Boardroom that I've been working on 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:51.040 for about three to six months with the Historical Society. 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:53.399 You're going to see the courthouse in different phases 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:55.759 throughout the years, starting with the first one, 00:04:55.759 --> 00:05:00.759 which was erected in 1837 and it was torn back down in 1840. 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:02.879 You're going to see the monument progression 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:07.439 and the second courthouse and also some pictures 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:09.160 about the original jail. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:11.079 So I think it looks pretty good. 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:14.560 And in the future, you will have little placards 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:17.199 to tell you exactly which each phase is. 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.279 I'm getting all the information correct 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:22.000 from a 1970s historical book 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.480 to make sure that the pictures go with the description. 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:26.879 Any questions for me? 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.040 What's the population of the jails? 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.480 It's about 72. 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:31.720 And it goes up and down. 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:33.759 So I believe this morning it was 72. 00:05:33.759 --> 00:06:00.939 Thank you for being here everybody. It's been a busy month for us. I was wrapping up things 00:06:00.939 --> 00:06:06.379 and Lena. We were working very closely with AIMA and the Small Business Administration. It's time 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:13.980 to extend loan interest loans to those individuals and businesses in Lena that would need that help. 00:06:15.019 --> 00:06:19.899 The last report I received, I think there was 38 individuals and businesses from the Lena area 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:25.259 that did request SBA assistance. That doesn't mean that they're going to take a loan out, 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:29.980 but it means that they sat down and fulfilled the application and they may decide in the future 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:37.339 to do that. Businesses have, I want to say, over a year to decide. Residents have a little over three 00:06:37.339 --> 00:06:44.060 months to decide if they want to get into the program. They finished shop, they closed up shop 00:06:44.060 --> 00:06:49.579 today, as a matter of fact. So, that doesn't mean anything. They can still buy online, they can still 00:06:49.579 --> 00:06:56.139 pursue this online, but the actual disaster loan outreach center, they call it DLOX, that was at the 00:06:56.139 --> 00:06:59.620 Lee, Legion, Olin, Nina has been shut down. 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:02.420 We spent a lot of time canvassing the neighborhoods 00:07:02.420 --> 00:07:06.579 and the business districts, sending out emails, 00:07:06.579 --> 00:07:09.180 going door to door, trying to get people informed 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:10.779 and educated about this opportunity. 00:07:10.779 --> 00:07:14.019 I think we did everything as well as we could possibly 00:07:14.019 --> 00:07:15.899 do with staffing that we had. 00:07:15.899 --> 00:07:22.220 I'd like to thank IEMIN for SBA nurse systems. 00:07:23.019 --> 00:07:24.220 They were outstanding. 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:29.220 We attended a EMA coordinator meeting at Davenport, Iowa. 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:36.899 It was a workshop type thing where they explained 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:39.420 and they reviewed all of their practices 00:07:39.420 --> 00:07:41.740 as far as putting out warnings, 00:07:41.740 --> 00:07:43.899 the thresholds for the warnings and watches 00:07:43.899 --> 00:07:44.959 and so forth and so on. 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:45.800 It was pretty interesting. 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:47.100 It lasted about two and a half hours. 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:51.819 It gave us input on what we feel is the best way 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:54.259 to get word out to you guys, you know, 00:07:54.259 --> 00:07:55.500 we're kind of in between of that. 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:57.379 They'll send it out, obviously you get television, 00:07:57.379 --> 00:07:59.860 get through your phone, all kinds of different apps. 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:03.500 But again, you know, as far as Stevenson County, 00:08:03.500 --> 00:08:05.379 I want to make sure that the stakeholders 00:08:05.379 --> 00:08:08.459 and decision-makers get the most up-to-date information. 00:08:08.459 --> 00:08:10.660 We have some severe weather possible tonight, 00:08:10.660 --> 00:08:13.819 tomorrow through Thursday evening, I believe, coming in. 00:08:14.980 --> 00:08:17.199 And I do send it out if you guys receive that. 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:18.500 So it was interesting, it's kind of nice, 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:20.579 but I want to put a face with a name. 00:08:21.819 --> 00:08:28.819 We had our EM2 Region 2 meeting in Hennepin, obviously the tornado was a topic of major discussion. 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:31.819 I went through that pretty much start to finish. 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:33.820 I guess now would be a good time today. 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:36.820 I'd like to take the opportunity to compliment our Sheriff Steve Stoll. 00:08:36.820 --> 00:08:40.820 I worked side by side with him during that whole evolution incident in Lena. 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:45.820 And I'm going to say flat out that we probably had the best sheriff in Illinois. 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:47.820 Not in Illinois, but in Illinois. 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:49.820 He is an outstanding individual. 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:53.379 the way things played out, the command he took. 00:08:53.379 --> 00:08:55.179 I was impressed from day one 00:08:55.179 --> 00:08:56.460 and all throughout that instance. 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:59.220 So thank you, Steve, for your professionalism 00:08:59.220 --> 00:09:02.259 and leadership in that instance, it was incredible. 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:03.980 Thank you. 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:05.340 We're looking at some classes. 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:08.220 I know I promised a NIMS class for elected officials. 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:10.419 We did not get the timing done on that. 00:09:10.419 --> 00:09:12.860 We're still looking in October and November. 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:16.860 And we also has been requested to put on a NIMS 300 and 400. 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:21.860 Those are classes mostly for police officers, fire officers, 00:09:22.940 --> 00:09:25.100 and like maybe administration officials 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:27.379 for schools and hospitals. 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:29.820 Possibly some county people will be involved with that too 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:31.220 if they so desire. 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:34.220 And we're looking to do that in the fall too. 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:36.259 Other than that, that is all I have. 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:37.899 Do you have any questions for me? 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:39.700 Go ahead. 00:09:40.899 --> 00:09:42.740 What does NIMH stand for? 00:09:42.740 --> 00:09:44.860 National Incident Management System. 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:51.519 It's the federal government's, uh, program that we follow in major instance, okay. 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:56.159 And it outlines the chain of command and outlines who is in charge. 00:09:56.659 --> 00:10:00.000 It goes from a small incident, like a traffic accident. 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:26.000 Scott, I want to thank you and commend you, too, on handling this situation and work on it later as well. I hope you guys are taking care of this. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:31.679 Yeah, the one thing that we both talked about is there was nobody in there beating their 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:36.720 chest saying, I got to be in charge. It was all what needs to be done and what's the best 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:43.279 way to get it done as quickly and safely as possible. And it was, it was really, was it 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:48.000 completely by the book of the NIMS system? Absolutely not. But I've been in the emergency 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:55.600 management for over 30 years now and every incident is different. For the town, the village 00:10:55.600 --> 00:11:01.679 of Lena. I thought things went exceptionally well and most importantly nobody was injured, 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:07.919 nobody was hurt from the storms. There were some minor injuries after, but that happens day to 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:18.159 day in life anyway. It was a scary incident. Yeah, I got some some footage from the National 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:23.440 Weather Service that they're not letting out, but on the backside of the storm as it hit Lena, 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:34.159 the third of that tornado was nearly a half mile wide. So 135, 145 mile an hour wind. So got pretty lucky. 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:40.240 And it stayed up high enough that it didn't come down on most houses. Yeah, take them totally down. 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:48.159 Yeah, the footage is pretty remarkable. They had some satellite photos too of the damage before and 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:54.879 Lafter, and Solar Fields with Solar Fields circular motion of damage going through it and it's 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:02.080 pretty impressive. And there wasn't a looting or anything either, was there? Which is very nice, 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:08.799 it just tells a lot about the community too. The residents I spoke to from Lena had nothing but 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:14.720 wonderful things to say about both of your departments and how wonderfully everything was 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:19.720 and they couldn't have asked for a better team. 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.600 Thank you. Thank you. 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.680 What are the resources that you guys noticed 00:12:23.680 --> 00:12:25.960 that would be helpful in the future 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:28.639 or you guys had everything you needed or? 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.899 Yeah, there's a lot of things we can, you know, 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:35.240 do different or could have done differently. 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.879 I think we'll talk about communication 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:38.279 is always an issue. 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:40.080 Salt Tower in Redound, that was kind of something 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:41.139 we battled through. 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:48.139 You know, we have a group of people called COAD that can come in and assist, but in a 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:52.620 small town like Lena, what really impressed me was the Women's Auxiliary Firemen. 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:58.740 Their wives came in and they turned into like assistant managers for Senate Command. 00:12:58.740 --> 00:13:03.379 They didn't, they did everything as far as checking people, eventually them, assigning 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:04.379 duties. 00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:07.100 You know, was that fair to them? 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:08.100 Probably not. 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:12.559 Collins, maybe some people I wouldn't have, you know, could have at least relieved them 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:17.180 a little bit more off of what they got, but telling people to go home when it's their 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:21.980 community, it just doesn't happen. Telling the sheriff to go home when it's his county, 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:25.840 it just doesn't happen. You know, we want to be there and make sure that all the needs 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:31.620 are getting met and they work. It's amazing the amount of different organizations, community 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:36.240 organizations that come out Red Cross, Salvation Army, local organizations that come out with 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:40.740 Help, and the resources that we have that you don't really know that you have until 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:42.039 you have something like this. 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.960 So what about Pearl City? 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.120 Pearl City, it was a very smaller version of that. 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:55.120 Their biggest issue was the power along Highway 73, and there was some substantial damage 00:13:55.120 --> 00:14:00.059 to trees and slight damage to some buildings and around the high school campus area. 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:01.059 But that was about it. 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:06.159 That tornado went north, north of the actual city itself. 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.480 there was some damage or some straight line damage with the actual tornado. 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.960 They figured it was north of Pearl city and they were afforded the same opportunities. 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.879 I met with the, I don't know how to say this. 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:23.920 He's, he's not Lena's village president, but he is like the number two guy. 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.440 I don't know. 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.960 I met him at the fire station. 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.559 We sat down and had a couple of our conversation and I gave him all the 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:30.960 information that he had, got words out. 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.720 We made door to door and in Pearl city also. 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:41.720 But there was not even near the amount of personal home damage in Pearl City that there was compared to Lincoln. 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:56.720 One thing about the small, like, Pearl City and Maine and Stratford School both, in Dakota and Pearl City, I notice how the closeness that community is. 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:06.720 It's a small, it's not as big as preform, but they're folks. They're close. They're close. 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.720 Okay. 00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:13.220 Collin Corner. 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:15.220 That's Corner's report. 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:20.220 So the Corner reports that the truck that had to do hail damage from the Lena storm is now back in service. 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:24.220 He wants to put out special thanks to Deputy Corner, Duane Coleman, and Tom Kemple, 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:31.100 for using their personal vehicles while the truck was down for a week. The truck was then, I think, 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:38.620 a few days after they got it back, it was back into in Dakota area. Paint transfer was all, I did 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:44.700 mention to Tom that he should have to go take a look at it since it's not anyone's, we have a 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:49.819 faulty driver, just make sure the bumpers are still good and all that. So he does have the 00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:51.980 Accident Report for that, which we took. 00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:55.579 The corners page on the website. 00:15:55.579 --> 00:15:57.059 Corners page will be updated 00:15:57.059 --> 00:16:00.579 to include the revised report request FOIA form. 00:16:00.579 --> 00:16:05.579 The updated form lists the fees permitted 00:16:05.839 --> 00:16:07.660 under Illinois statutes. 00:16:07.660 --> 00:16:10.660 The updated, or this update became, 00:16:10.660 --> 00:16:11.620 sorry, I don't have my glasses 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:13.600 and put this in super small font. 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:16.899 This update became necessary after an issue arose 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:22.559 in which an outdated form with outlisted fees was used for the public access 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.660 counselor, the PAC and the attorney general's office, uh, the Stevens 00:16:26.660 --> 00:16:30.180 County court could not legally charge fees because it was not posted. 00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:31.779 So he has fixed that. 00:16:32.180 --> 00:16:33.740 And I'm not sure what the fees are. 00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:37.339 So we'll have to make sure you ask him about the actual, uh, the more 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:42.259 the air filtration system in the morgue requires a new filter. 00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:45.639 It was discovered during the time that, uh, Tom was looking at this new 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:50.079 System, or the filter for the system, uh, it was currently not running. 00:16:50.079 --> 00:16:53.680 And the filter indicator light was on after contacting the manufacturer. 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:57.180 He learned that the last recorded service was in 2020. 00:16:57.579 --> 00:17:02.440 The unit is overdue for both annual filter replacement, which is annual, and 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:06.960 for a semiconductor sensor replacement required every five years, the sensor 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:11.360 detects when filters are saturated with solvent and triggers an alarm for safety. 00:17:11.360 --> 00:17:17.639 At this time we have ordered the filter and sensors to get the unit back up and running. 00:17:17.639 --> 00:17:22.319 And then while inspecting the air unit, they'd also discovered that the board was equipped 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:25.759 with a UV disinfectant lighting system. 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:31.079 Well when you use the lighting system, it's done with a remote control because you can't 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:35.920 be in the room when you turn it on as it kills all the germs and bacteria, the remote control 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.920 could not be found. 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:43.599 So Tom is on it right now trying to replace that system or the remote control. 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:49.240 Both the air filtration system and the UV lights are critical for maintaining a safe 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.079 environment, not only for the staff, but also for the personnel in the Sheriff's 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:53.880 office who work in the building. 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:55.559 So this will clean that system. 00:17:55.559 --> 00:18:00.960 So I will give kudos to Tom since he's gotten in there, he has found so many 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.960 things to do, you know, just making sure he understands his office. 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.039 He's getting after it. 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:11.039 and that's the end of his report. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:19.180 All right, I had an old business, you did, the chair, you already did the new business, 00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:20.180 you have now you know. 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:21.180 Okay. 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:24.180 I must have a committee member. 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:33.579 I have a question for the chair, moving forward, is there, who will be in charge of making 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:35.659 sure that we get the filter changed? 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:38.860 the corner. Yes. He's the one that operates in the 00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:41.659 morgue. So let me give you a little background on this. 00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:45.659 Okay. But who was in charge of it the past six years? 00:18:47.659 --> 00:18:54.380 Not the sheriff's office. So when that system was put in, it was operated by the, or what we had 00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:59.099 learned, which I have no idea. I have not gone into that morgue. I have no reason to, I've not 00:18:59.099 --> 00:19:03.900 done any investigation. There's an alarm that goes off in there. And thank God, Tom, after all this 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:09.420 Time said, what is that alarm? And people said, we don't know. He got into there and found out it 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:16.220 was the filter system, that it was the filter that had been plugged. So then that's when all 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:21.900 of this started. So he will be on top of this. But we don't have a Plan B. What's the Plan B? 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:30.220 I don't know. We've spent six years, we're supposed to have annual filters. What's our Plan B? Who's 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:38.299 going to, I mean, come on, I mean, it's an annual filter and no one's checked on it in six years. 00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:44.700 There's got to be a backup plan. Well, I think the backup plan was when that building was built, 00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:51.019 I wasn't there. I mean, that part of the morgue was built. I wasn't there. And the corner that 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:55.740 was there at the time that it was built, they had all that information. I'm not sure how that 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.740 I'm not sure how that communication went. I'm not sure how... 00:19:57.740 --> 00:20:01.519 I'm not sure how the exit of one corner and the entrance of another one went if there 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:03.000 was communication. 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:07.720 So the backup plan, which isn't a back backup plan is when there's a new corner, if Tom 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:12.359 would leave under bad circumstances, I will now at least know you're in charge of this 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:14.559 agency have to be done. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:20.220 Our offices have worked seamless since he has taken over the office. 00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:21.640 He's upstairs with me all the time. 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:24.079 I check on him all the time. 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:28.519 and that we've needed to talk about cameras, uh, evidence systems, recording 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:31.200 systems, all the stuff that he needs for his office. 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.000 So we've kind of bounced things off each other. 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.279 So we're working hand in hand. 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.079 And the morgue is in the sheriff's department. 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:39.680 The morgue is in the basement of the public safety building. 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:41.279 It's the one on the corner. 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.859 Yes. 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.660 Okay. 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:44.880 You have to remember there's an evidence issue there. 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:49.240 So the corner is the only one that can go in there when there's a body in there. 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:52.720 Because the facility is located in another building. 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:54.640 I'm just trying to make sure that this doesn't happen. 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:59.599 And I know what you're getting at. You're making it like I'm the maintenance person of that. 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:04.240 But you have to understand this is just like my evidence vault. You know I don't have 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:08.400 I don't have access to my evidence vault. That's probably a good thing. 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:13.680 Yes. It's the exact same thing with the morgue because the morgue is holding evidence. So I'm 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:17.680 not responsible for what goes on in the inside of there. So I would not know how any of those 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:22.559 things have it. The plan B is going to have to be the coroner or the deputy coroner has to 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:24.579 to understand how those systems work. 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:27.299 Because even if it's beeping, I open that door, 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:31.880 I just brought myself into a murder, suicide, 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:33.039 or whatever's in it. 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:34.920 I know, I just feel that there should be 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:36.940 some administrative backup somewhere. 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.039 I think there is now. 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.880 Mr. Josh. 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:45.279 So I just sent George two text messages asking for, 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:48.160 to ask, because the coroner's an elected official, 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:50.839 if they would put together written procedures 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:52.440 for everything in the department. 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:54.039 So there's something in writing. 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:59.599 So if the acting coroner does whatever, not there, someone can pick it up and 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:05.680 look at for the UV filtration system, the evidence room, who can go in, who can't. 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:11.920 So we're going to ask, uh, the other question I was going to ask is if there's 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:16.139 a safety committee for the public safety building courthouse jail, anything 00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:17.639 like that, we have something similar. 00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:21.119 There was one for the courthouse through the clerk, I believe, but 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.400 it's courthouse only. 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:50.519 Well, and again, this is an asking, this is not telling elected officials, we have that for the nursing home, just to say to the committee, so everybody's on the same page of what could go wrong, who does what, where is this, where is that? So it's on your phone. And maybe everybody will agree, maybe, that that's the right thing to do or not, or maybe there's a better way. 00:22:50.519 --> 00:23:04.519 As a starter, because I was going to ask that question, you brought it up. Is there anything else in there that you need to be looked at? If that hasn't been looked at, then it got me something else. 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:23.000 I can't answer that question, because like I said, I've looked in the door, I don't know how the cooler works, I don't know how to turn water on, but again, that's one of those off-limits faces, so the only people that would be able to go in there and understand how that works is going to be the coroner or the deputy coroners that go in there regularly. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:27.799 And that could be part of what you, that's what your regular procedures would help with, yeah. 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:35.900 I think we need, you know, the sheriff's been working with the new coroner hand in hand. 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:43.019 I think we got to remember kind of the history of the coroner's office over the past 10 years 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:50.980 or so for I don't know how many years it's been, it was out in Lena and really nobody 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:55.200 had any idea what was, you know, Lemons took care of the coroner's office. 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:58.240 and then when Tom gave that up, 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.039 everything moved down to the Sheriff's office. 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:03.480 So we've gone through a couple of different corners 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:06.779 in a relatively short amount of time. 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:11.079 So there's, you know, getting these new procedures 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.660 and getting him up to speed. 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:15.019 I think we need to allow him the time 00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:17.220 to do what he needs to do in his office. 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:20.000 I think he's on a good start, so. 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:22.119 And I think you're gonna see a policy come out, 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:26.039 just like I have policy for my, my evidence room. 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.839 I don't go in there and I don't have a key to it. 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:31.920 That's for, that's for liability purposes for my office. 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:34.400 I think he's going to have to come up with the exact same thing 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:37.240 where he's going to have to have a policy on how things have to go. 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.240 And that's going to be up to him. 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:42.000 So that'll be the plan B is there'll be a policy in place. 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.400 And we already discussed that. 00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:45.480 He doesn't have a little place to turn yet 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:49.079 because he hasn't been through the corners, the new corners. 00:24:49.079 --> 00:25:04.079 So hopefully, and I've talked to him about those things that he is going to have to put a policy place that everyone can't just walk in and out of that, even a deputy court. Why are you going in there? You don't have, one of those are not your cases. You shouldn't go in there. 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:10.079 Nice thing is, I don't know that we'll have to recreate the wheel here. 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:14.079 I think there's probably a coroner's association. 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:20.079 A lot of this should be, it may not be specific to the equipment that we have. 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:26.079 As you were talking about policy, that should be very simple to obtain and request. 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:31.079 And this was all thrown on me two weeks ago. I had no idea about this unique lighting system. 00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:35.450 Can we have a question? 00:25:35.450 --> 00:25:36.450 Yes. 00:25:36.450 --> 00:25:59.730 and so on.